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Basketball - NBC SportsTue, 03 Mar 2015 23:01:56 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: sdboltactionhttp://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/20/lakers%e2%80%99-jeanie-buss-will-not-rule-out-contraction/comment-page-1/#comment-32185
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:12:54 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32185She’s pretty hot.
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Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:14:32 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32157Yup, the Decision on ESPN proves that, that he is so full of it.
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Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:05:46 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32131Not a good track record, are you kidding me. The Lakers left over 50 years ago, but after they won 5 championships. The North Stars left a few years after playing the Penguins for the Stanley Cup. In the 30 plus years I’ve been a Viking fan they have never gone more than 3 to 4 years in a row without making the playoffs(plus 4 NFC championship games). The Twins won 2 World Series in 5 years. I don’t know why the Lakers left(way before my time), but the other teams you mentioned were/are all looking for new stadiums. There has never been an issue with fan support or attendance. The Wild have sold out every game in their existence, have one of the best stadiums in hockey, and are one of the most profitable franchises. The Twins have one of the best stadiums in baseball, plus they signed Joe Mauer to the third larget contract in baseball. I will argue your point all day that Minnesota can support all pro franchises(including the Wolves). But when it comes to the Wolves(as much as Iove em no matter what), the franchise could be contracted and it wouldn’t hurt my feelings. They have got to be the must unlucky snake-bitten team in all sports. They never get lucky in the lottery, they are constantly getting screwed by the refs, and David Stern absolutely hates them. Like I said in my earlier post, the NBA(especially the Wolves) are becoming unwatchable for me.
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Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:08:44 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32126What’s wrong with Minnesota?
Well… the Lakers left years ago.
The North Stars left for the Hockey hot bed of … Dallas Texas!
The Vikings are on the verge of bailing for L.A.
The Twins owner offered his own team up for contraction not long ago.

Not exactly a good track record for professional sports in Minnesota.

I don’t want to see one good player on each team and have a league full of .500 mediocre teams.
Get rid of the dead weight and have a better product on display every night.

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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:45:54 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32120thats right. Lebron has more talent than any of them
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:45:00 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32119lets not allow multiple top free agents to go to one team…now if they’re traded there that’s entirely fine. That’s probably what you meant and I don’t agree with that sentiment. There’s already enough restraint of trade which greatly benefits the owners
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:09:34 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-321131. Charlotte, Memphis and New Orleans are not markets that can consistently make a profit. The popularity of Duke and Carolina does not mean that people go to 41 basketball games in Charlotte. If you look at the demographics of people who live in those areas they are completely different. The same for Memphis, just because they have a great college program does not mean they will ever be able to support a pro team. NO is not a basketball town and the only time they got consistent crowds was in OKC.

2. Minni is a sports town that loves their teams so I think contracting that franchise would be bad for the NBA.

3. Teams like San Antonio and OKC keep their star players because they build their teams the right way. If Cleveland drafted well or bought late first round picks like those teams to cultivate a roster of young talent built around Lebron he would have stayed.

4. Making rules like only 1 max contract per team only leads to unintended consequences and loopholes. Loophole number 1 is the case of the Heat where no player technically has a max contract. An unintended consequence would be penalizing a team like the Thunder who have drafted and developed to max worthy guys. Keep in mind there used to be no max contract and the existence of a max contract probably allowed the Heat to get this done. If Lebron can get 40 million on the open market there is no way he takes 15 million.

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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:08:02 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32112Please dont compare Lebron to anyone in the LAKER organization.
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:06:16 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32111Not familiar w/ the Minnesota situation, but all great points.
I would also like to know who thought an NBA team in Memphis was a good idea too!
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:25:59 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32108What’s wrong with Minnesota? They have a professional hockey team(sells out every game), baseball team(new stadium), football team, and university right in the city of Minneapolis. The Wolves have all that competition and still draw better than a lot of teams. When the Atlanta Hawks were as bad as the Wolves they were drawing less than 7,000 a night. Should you put Atlanta on your list for contraction? Even though I disagree that Minnesota should be one of the cities contracted I do agree there are too many teams in the NBA. The product is almost becoming unwatchable for me.
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:23:43 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32106Once David Stern gets to her, she’ll pulla LeBron and claim she doesn’t even know what the word “contraction” means.
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:18:39 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32104For whatever reason the NBA isn’t kind to small market teams save San Antonio , it seems players want to play in the big spotlight even though if you win you will be in the spotlight. Its something Carmelo should think about just ask Step Marbury what happens when you get your way and leave a good situation cause your not mature enough.
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:54:39 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32103I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Blow up the following teams: Toronto, Charlotte, Memphis, Sacramento and NJ. Put Houston in the East and the conferences will even out.
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:52:36 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32102Yeah, because the Bulls would’ve been great with either Jordan or Pippen and not both, or breaking up the 80’s Lakers and 80’s Celtics…
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:38:25 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32100I may be biased as a minnesota fan but they support a team just fine. Past management has worked hard to push fans away. Even as a team with only 10 wins they still get 70-80% attendance. That is better than what memphis pulls in and they are doing a lot better. If the T’wolves got a competitive team they would be sellout.
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:14:16 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32099How about just admitting that some places are not going to support a team.
Why did they need to put a team in Minnesota?
Why move one team out of Charlotte and then replace it with another?
Who thought that an NBA team in Memphis was a good idea?
Why give another team to New Orleans when the last one ran away to Utah?
When are the Kings going to admit that moving to Sacramento was a bad idea?

You can eliminate 4 teams right now and never miss them.
Less teams means less watered down crap clogging up the league.

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Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:04:07 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=14540#comment-32098Good teams usually become big market teams. Everyone talks about the Lakers being a big market team but the Clippers are the same market. Superstars make for big market teams. How about each team can only offer 1 max contract or something so we don’t get a situation like the heat. That is 3 people that make for sellout crowds all on one team.
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